As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 6, 2020
Registration No. 333-50870
Registration No. 333-184380
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-50870
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-184380
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Georgia | 58-1392259 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation or organization) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
201 First Street, S.E.
Moultrie, Georgia 31768
(229) 985-1120
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Southwest Georgia Financial Corporation Key Individual Stock Option Plan
Directors and Executive Officers Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plans)
Donna T. (Dee Dee) Lowery
Chief Financial Officer
6480 U.S. Hwy. 98 West
Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39402
(601) 268-8998
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code of agent for service)
Copy to:
Mark C. Kanaly
William W. Hooper
Alston & Bird LLP
One Atlantic Center
1201 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
(404) 881-7000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:
| Large accelerated filer | ¨ | Accelerated filer | ¨ | |||
| Non-accelerated filer | x | Smaller reporting company | x | |||
| Emerging growth company | ¨ | |||||
Explanatory Note
This Post-Effective Amendment relates to the following Registration Statements on Form S-8 (collectively, the “Registration Statements”) of Southwest Georgia Financial Corporation, a Georgia corporation (the “Registrant”), previously filed by the Registrant with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”):
| · | File No. 333-50870, originally filed with the Commission on November 28, 2000, pertaining to the registration of shares of Common Stock, issuable under the Southwest Georgia Financial Corporation Key Individual Stock Option Plan. |
| · | File No. 333-184380, originally filed with the Commission on October 11, 2012, pertaining to the registration of 200,000 shares of Common Stock, issuable under the Directors and Executive Officers Stock Purchase Plan. |
On April 3, 2020, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of December 18, 2019 (the “Merger Agreement”), between the Registrant and The First Bancshares, Inc., a Mississippi corporation (“First Bancshares”), the Registrant merged with and into First Bancshares (the “Merger”).
In connection with the consummation of the Merger, the Registrant terminates the Registration Statements and deregisters the remaining securities registered but unsold under the Registration Statements, if any, in accordance with an undertaking made by the Registrant in the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities that had been registered for issuance that remain unsold at the termination of the offerings. The Registration Statements are hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such securities.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on April 6, 2020.
THE FIRST BANCSHARES, INC. As successor by merger to Southwest Georgia Financial Corporation | ||||
| By: | /s/ Donna T. (Dee Dee) Lowery | |||
| Name: | Donna T. (Dee Dee) Lowery | |||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
